I booked a spa day for myself after a physically and emotionally hectic period of time at work last summer. After a poor experience, I sent them an email via their website, hoping the owner or manager would reach out and try to mitigate the problems I'd experienced with an apology. Unfortunately it's now been months, and now that I'm reading the experiences of others at this salon, I feel compelled to share my own experience publicly.
As I said, I scheduled a spa day after a particularly hectic few weeks of work. I was physically and emotionally exhausted (although in pretty good spirits, because I love my job even if it is sometimes a lot). I told the desk this when I planned my spa day, which was for a massage, a brow wax, and a mani pedi. I was SO EXCITED when they were able to take me, and even more excited when I arrived on the day.
I had a wonderful massage, and then a lovely brow wax. I went downstairs and told the desk I was ready for my mani pedi. I was told there'd be a brief wait, so I sat in the lobby. I was pretty blissed out from my massage, and texted my husband to tell him what a great decision the spa day had been. I mention that because that text had a time stamp, so when I tell you how long something took from this point forward, know that I am not exaggerating. These are facts.
I was offered and drank a bottle of water. Fifteen minutes passed, and I was still waiting. Blissed out and having a relaxing day, I wasn't chasing anyone, but despite an employee manning the desk just a few feet away, no updates were provided.
After about 30 minutes of sitting and waiting, I was moved to the manicure station. Someone else was having their nails done, but no one acknowledged me, or told me how much longer it would be. The woman from the desk appeared every ten minutes or so and said there had been a delay and they'd get to me soon. There was at least one employee who didn't seem to be doing much, but I assumed she wasn't a nail technician.
After another 30 minutes, my massage bliss was fading into anxiety and anger. Remember I am completely exhausted from work. I am frazzled and came here for relaxation and pampering, and I have now been sitting in various chairs with almost no human interaction for an hour. I have not been offered another beverage, or food (it's lunchtime), or an explanation of why I'm sitting here being ignored.
Finally, an hour after I left my brown wax, they move me into a pedicure chair. I am offered a drink and a snack, and another woman sits in the chair next to me (she'd just walked in the door, although I don't know if she had an appointment or not). She is offered a drink and a snack several minutes after I was, and it appeared immediately, and her pedicure commenced promptly, while I'm still sitting there, confused and upset.
Finally I decide I've had enough-- all of the bliss I'd gotten out of the massage at this point has been obliterated. No one has apologized, no one has told me what was going on, no one has acknowledged in any way shape or form how bizarre this experience is for me. When my drink finally arrives (no sign of my snack), I thank the woman who brought it to me but decline it, since I'm not staying. I take my feet out of the water they'd been soaking in for at least ten minutes at that point, wipe them off while everyone in the room stares at me awkwardly and I am near tears with frustration and disappointment, and go to the desk to pay.
At THIS POINT, the woman at the desk apologizes, discounts the services I did get, and explains that there had been a bridal-trial appointment that ran long, affecting the timing of my mani-pedi. Of course, at this point, I don't give a flying flip what had happened, but hey, at least I know now. Then she proceeds to (accidentally) charge me for all the services I'd been scheduled for, including the mani-pedi I never got, and doesn't know how to reverse the charge, so she cashes me out from the cash drawer what she's overcharged me. She's apologetic about this whole situation, but her apologies, frankly, are about an hour too late.
I sent all of this in and email via their website later that day, in hopes for an apology, or at least an acknowledgement that I was very poorly treated. I haven't heard a word, this all happened six months ago.
I sent my husband the first "wow that massage was amazing" text at 12:43pm, after I was told to wait for the first time. I sent him the next, "this has been the worst spa experience of my life" text at 2:04pm, as I was walking to my car, finally having left.
All in all, if you want one service here, I'm sure it's all perfectly fine. I, however, will never go back, in spite of the fact that I had two perfectly lovely services there. My experience outside of those services was so disheartening and upsetting, I would never recommend them to anyone, and I will never be back. read more